Paratilapia Bleekeri or Polleni?

[tanyaelec11]

looks like a bleekri to me . I currently have a 3 incher. what do you feed yours ?

 

[Aridd]

shrimp, krill, shrimp pellets, omega super color cichlid pellets, occasional crickets. Eats just about anything...

 

[Cloves4Oscar]

looks like a bleekri to me . I currently have a 3 incher. what do you feed yours ?[/QUOTE

I have a 3 incher too! It's name is Ganji and I think it's retarded but very pretty and it hasn't even taken on it's full colors yet! Where in Canada are you from? Maybe you could come see my fish someday? I have a big one...his name is Peter! What do you feed yours?

 

[woofy]

There is a difference in large spot colors. I believe gold spots mean polleni and blue are the old bleekeri which technically is now (polleni large spot) unfortunately vendors, wholesalers, and stores still dont properly label or classify these, to them if its had small spots it a polleni, if it has large spots its a bleekeri.


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[Aridd]

it has large very blue spots. He is actually really blue in general. I saw a polleni at a lfs today, definitely cleared things up for me. Thanks

 

[cali~budfish]

Here's my polleni for a little comparison.

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[tanyaelec11]

is that a male or female ? im having trouble sexing my polleni as well as my bleekri's but they are still pretty young . colours havent come out yet.

 

[Cloves4Oscar]

is that a male or female ? im having trouble sexing my polleni as well as my bleekri's but they are still pretty young . colours havent come out yet.

...boys have a penis, girls have a vagina...

 

[Bderick67]

...boys have a penis, girls have a vagina...

 

[xxUnRaTeDxxRkOxx]

Paratilapia polleni is a medium sized cichlid fish from Madagascar. It was first described by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker in 1868. In 1882, a second species, P. bleekeri, was described, but it is now known to be a junior synonym of P. polleni. It use to be that one has big spots, the other has small spots. However, currently there is no bleekeri, it has been declared a synonym to polleni, which is the older name. What they are currently going by is population names, all of which are tentatively assigned to Paratilapia polleni for now. There will probably be revisions and new names, but I don't believe the name bleekeri will be resurrected.